Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 te 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
1,020 
2,024 
519 
755 
668 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
219 
254 
103 
102 
126 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
393 
769 
200 
293 
273 
Any 
5,113 
846 
1,509 
422 
564 
521 
1 to 49 days 
750 
93 
156 
76 
116 
89 
50 to 99 days 
398 
60 
88 
61 
48 
33 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
158 
263 
60 
92 
94 
200 days or more 
3,068 
535 
1,002 
225 
308 
305 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
110 
126 
15 
20 
41 
3 or 4 years 
620 
161 
213 
21 
77 
42 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
318 
497 
100 
138 
108 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
650 
1,442 
486 
622 
603 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
13.6 
16.7 
21.9 
21.1 
21.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
90 
97 
8 
18 
33 
3 or 4 years 
541 
156 
167 
21 
66 
33 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
297 
425 
86 
104 
92 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
696 
1,589 
507 
669 
636 
Average years operating any farm 
22.5 
15.6 
19.2 
24.4 
23.4 
23.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
62 
17 
17 
- 
2 
6 
25 to 34 years 
488 
117 
158 
26 
49 
45 
35 to 44 years 
834 
213 
261 
42 
80 
71 
45 to 49 years 
798 
130 
269 
57 
69 
53 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
195 
318 
81 
119 
99 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
162 
340 
110 
126 
143 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
164 
323 
108 
151 
139 
65 to 69 years 
981 
106 
270 
90 
105 
109 
70 years and over 
1,386 
135 
322 
108 
156 
129 
Average age 
57.0 
53.0 
55.6 
59.0 
58.0 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
4 
20 
- 
6 
7 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
17 
1 
1 
- 
5 
4 
Asian 
15 
9 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Black or African American 
68 
64 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,018 
1,159 
2,258 
621 
850 
766 
More than one race reported 
55 
6 
16 
1 
2 
18 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
138 
254 
89 
106 
92 
2 people 
4,250 
554 
1,188 
319 
458 
428 
3 people 
1,206 
194 
339 
92 
118 
111 
4 people 
1,041 
201 
296 
84 
90 
93 
5 or more people 
726 
152 
201 
38 
85 
70 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
1,011 
1,883 
474 
692 
604 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
51 
147 
61 
49 
54 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
60 
127 
37 
76 
55 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
27 
47 
26 
28 
27 
1 00 percent 
504 
90 
74 
24 
12 
54 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
51 
51 
16 
24 
29 
acres 
179,463 
224 
1,277 
(D) 
2,034 
3,460 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
1,043 
1,812 
476 
641 
567 
Dial-up service 
597 
47 
207 
56 
64 
68 
DSL service 
2,746 
438 
748 
206 
294 
243 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
462 
615 
137 
197 
153 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
23 
26 
17 
4 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
102 
243 
39 
71 
71 
Satellite service 
469 
44 
113 
46 
47 
51 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
38 
79 
27 
15 
11 
Other Internet service 
107 
2 
25 
12 
2 
22 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
1,150 
2,073 
585 
747 
705 
2 households 
765 
74 
165 
30 
91 
67 
3 households 
142 
8 
20 
3 
12 
6 
4 households 
63 
4 
11 
4 
1 
5 
5 or more households 
46 
3 
9 
- 
6 
11 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
7,938 
1,203 
2,238 
603 
843 
780 
acres 
1,314,892 
4,735 
57,502 
34,751 
68,709 
89,268 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
68 Maine 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
